Key: F# minor•
Intro 1
F#m
F#m
F#m7
F#m7
F#m7
F#m7
F#m7
F#m7
F#m7
F#m7
F#m7
F#m7
Verse 1
F#m7
The fishing boats go out across
the evening water
Dadd9
Smuggling guns and arms across the
Spanish border
Bm11
The wind whips up the waves so loud
Aadd9
Gadd9
The ghost moon sails among the clouds
F#m7
E7
Turns the rifles into silver
F#m7
on the border
F#m7
F#m7
F#m7
Verse 2
F#m7
On my wall the colours of the
maps are running
Dadd9
From Africa the winds they talk of
changes coming
Bm11
Gadd9
The torches flare up in the night
Aadd9
Gadd9
The hand that sets the farms alight
F#m7
E7
Has spread the word to those who're waiting
F#m7
on the border
Chorus 1
Aadd9
In the village where I grew up
Em7
Nothing seems the same
Dadd9
Still you never see the change
Aadd9
from day to day
Dadd9
C#
And no-one notices the customs slip away
F#m7
F#m7
F#m7
F#m7
Verse 3
F#m7
Late last night the rain was
knocking on my window
Dadd9
I moved across the darkened
room and in the lampglow
Bm11
I thought I saw down in the street
Aadd9
Gadd9
The spirit of the century
F#m7
E7
Telling us that we're all standing
F#m7
on the border
Chorus 2
Aadd9
In the islands where where I grew up
Em7
Nothing seems seems the same
Dadd9
It's just the patterns that remain
F#m7
An empty shell
Dadd9
But there's a strangeness
C#
in the air you feel too well
F#m7
F#m7
F#m7
F#m7
Verse 4
F#m7
The fishing boats go out across
the evening water
Dadd9
Smuggling guns and arms across the
Spanish border
Bm11
The wind whips up the waves so loud
Aadd9
Gadd9
The ghost moon sails among the clouds
F#m7
E7
Turns the rifles into silver
F#m7
On the border
Outro 1
Dadd9
F#m7
On the border, on the border
Dadd9
F#m7
On the border
[Fade out]
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsF#m F#m7 Dadd9 Bm11 Aadd9...
F#m
F#m7
Dadd9
Bm11
Aadd9
Gadd9
E7
Em7
C#
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